EP0051904A3 - Control circuit and fuel burner incorporating a control circuit - Google Patents

Control circuit and fuel burner incorporating a control circuit Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0051904A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: control circuit; fuel burner; burner incorporating; incorporating; fuel
Prior art date: 1980-11-06
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP81300702A

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EP0051904A2 (en

EP0051904B1 (en

Inventor

Gregory Ernest Jones

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

British Gas PLC

Original Assignee

British Gas Corp

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1980-11-06

Filing date

1981-02-19

Publication date

1984-07-11

1981-02-19 Application filed by British Gas Corp filed Critical British Gas Corp

1982-05-19 Publication of EP0051904A2 publication Critical patent/EP0051904A2/en

1984-07-11 Publication of EP0051904A3 publication Critical patent/EP0051904A3/en

1987-04-22 Application granted granted Critical

1987-04-22 Publication of EP0051904B1 publication Critical patent/EP0051904B1/en

Status Expired legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F11/00—Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring
- G06F11/07—Responding to the occurrence of a fault, e.g. fault tolerance
- G06F11/0703—Error or fault processing not based on redundancy, i.e. by taking additional measures to deal with the error or fault not making use of redundancy in operation, in hardware, or in data representation
- G06F11/0751—Error or fault detection not based on redundancy
- G06F11/0754—Error or fault detection not based on redundancy by exceeding limits
- G06F11/0757—Error or fault detection not based on redundancy by exceeding limits by exceeding a time limit, i.e. time-out, e.g. watchdogs

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
Quality & Reliability (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Debugging And Monitoring (AREA)
Regulation And Control Of Combustion (AREA)
Testing Electric Properties And Detecting Electric Faults (AREA)

EP81300702A 1980-11-06 1981-02-19 Control circuit and fuel burner incorporating a control circuit Expired EP0051904B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
GB8035736A GB2087119B (en)	1980-11-06	1980-11-06	Fail-safe supervisory circuit
GB8035736		1980-11-06

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0051904A2 EP0051904A2 (en)	1982-05-19
EP0051904A3 true EP0051904A3 (en)	1984-07-11
EP0051904B1 EP0051904B1 (en)	1987-04-22

Family

ID=10517140

Family Applications (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP81300702A Expired EP0051904B1 (en)	1980-11-06	1981-02-19	Control circuit and fuel burner incorporating a control circuit

Country Status (10)

Country	Link
US (1)	US4399537A (en)
EP (1)	EP0051904B1 (en)
JP (1)	JPS5780574A (en)
AU (1)	AU529893B2 (en)
CA (1)	CA1161521A (en)
CH (1)	CH641579A5 (en)
DE (1)	DE3176136D1 (en)
DK (1)	DK160161C (en)
GB (1)	GB2087119B (en)
ZA (1)	ZA811186B (en)

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US4072852A (en) *	1976-08-23	1978-02-07	Honeywell Inc.	Digital computer monitoring and restart circuit
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FR2385258A1 (en) *	1977-03-25	1978-10-20	Corsion Brigitte	Frequency comparator selector and filter - uses electronic switch to short circuit output if input frequency is not within passband
FR2430622A1 (en) *	1978-07-07	1980-02-01	Rolls Royce	APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT

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1980
- 1980-11-06 GB GB8035736A patent/GB2087119B/en not_active Expired
1981
- 1981-02-19 EP EP81300702A patent/EP0051904B1/en not_active Expired
- 1981-02-19 DE DE8181300702T patent/DE3176136D1/en not_active Expired
- 1981-02-23 ZA ZA00811186A patent/ZA811186B/en unknown
- 1981-02-24 US US06/237,765 patent/US4399537A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1981-02-24 DK DK082581A patent/DK160161C/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1981-02-24 CA CA000371581A patent/CA1161521A/en not_active Expired
- 1981-03-17 JP JP56038590A patent/JPS5780574A/en active Granted
- 1981-03-23 AU AU68630/81A patent/AU529893B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1981-04-06 CH CH230181A patent/CH641579A5/en not_active IP Right Cessation

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US3919533A (en) *	1974-11-08	1975-11-11	Westinghouse Electric Corp	Electrical fault indicator
US4072852A (en) *	1976-08-23	1978-02-07	Honeywell Inc.	Digital computer monitoring and restart circuit
FR2385258A1 (en) *	1977-03-25	1978-10-20	Corsion Brigitte	Frequency comparator selector and filter - uses electronic switch to short circuit output if input frequency is not within passband
US4096560A (en) *	1977-10-28	1978-06-20	Rockwell International Corporation	Protection circuit to minimize the effects of power line interruptions on the contents of a volatile electronic memory
FR2430622A1 (en) *	1978-07-07	1980-02-01	Rolls Royce	APPARATUS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT

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Title
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IBM TECHNICAL DISCLOSURE BULLETIN, vol. 17, no. 8, page 2380, New York, (US); T.E. STAMMELY: "Line voltage threshold detector" *

Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
EP0051904A2 (en)	1982-05-19
DK160161C (en)	1991-07-01
GB2087119A (en)	1982-05-19
DK160161B (en)	1991-02-04
US4399537A (en)	1983-08-16
JPS5780574A (en)	1982-05-20
DK82581A (en)	1982-05-07
GB2087119B (en)	1985-05-15
AU529893B2 (en)	1983-06-23
JPH0335628B2 (en)	1991-05-28
EP0051904B1 (en)	1987-04-22
DE3176136D1 (en)	1987-05-27
CA1161521A (en)	1984-01-31
CH641579A5 (en)	1984-02-29
ZA811186B (en)	1982-04-28
AU6863081A (en)	1982-05-13

Publication	Publication Date	Title
DE3176136D1 (en)	1987-05-27	Control circuit and fuel burner incorporating a control circuit
GB2080513B (en)	1984-08-22	A solid fuel burner
GB2138610B (en)	1986-10-29	Fuel burner control systems
GB2159267B (en)	1987-12-16	Burner with ignition device
DE3270051D1 (en)	1986-04-30	Fuel burners
DE3373323D1 (en)	1987-10-08	Fuel control
JPS56105210A (en)	1981-08-21	Low mass flowwrate wasted fuel incinerator
GB2099132B (en)	1985-02-06	Fuel burners and theeir operation
JPS57101230A (en)	1982-06-23	Fuel burner controller
JPS572465A (en)	1982-01-07	Ignition control and fuel injection valve controlling circuit
GB2079910B (en)	1983-11-09	Solid fuel burner
GB8319909D0 (en)	1983-08-24	Fuel burner
JPS5770919A (en)	1982-05-01	Fuel combustor
JPS5755324A (en)	1982-04-02	Fuel burner controller
EP0050506A3 (en)	1982-10-20	A burner with an air regulator
GB2075175B (en)	1984-11-28	Solid fuel burners
AU534653B2 (en)	1984-02-09	Testing fuel burner control circuit
GB2078398B (en)	1984-07-04	Electric control circuit for a fuel-fired burner
GB2087118B (en)	1984-11-07	Fuel burner control system circuit
GB2078929B (en)	1983-11-16	Solid fuel burner
DE3168862D1 (en)	1985-03-28	Solid fuel burners
GB2128728B (en)	1986-01-22	Burner control
GB2120807B (en)	1985-09-11	Burner control
JPS57101279A (en)	1982-06-23	Combustion control
JPS5770580A (en)	1982-05-01	Plan simulator with remote control function

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